I've brought a new aircraft into the game. The MD-11X. I 'shut down' the aircraft a while ago, but never stopped working on it. Now, after one of my friends urged me to release it, I did. It's got a very high thrust-to-weight ratio, encouraging the pilots to throttle back on the engines, saving tons of fuel. It has the power (If you need it) but then also the fuel economy.

Takeoff power should be only half of the engine's maximum thrust. A little more on windy days. The reason I made it this way is so that the plane:

1) Reacts well on Go-Arounds.2) Can operate on small runways. (High thrust means high thrust-reverser!)3) Engine failure. This plane can fly, even take off with only one engine!4) Fuel efficiency. The power is there, it just isn't used. That makes it use a lot less fuel!

1) sounds great2) more thrust=more thrust reverse => reverser slider door may fall off ( no more reverse thrust )3) fair call,most aircraft can fly on a single engine these days ( for a short period )4) power is there? just half throttle? if it cruises at the same speed with that engine on half thrust, does that make it equivalent to the normal thrust of a normal engine?

"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up.""Why not?" said Gurder."Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."